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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  ? 6m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.5-30.5 MHz in 30×1000 kHz bands 1.5-12 MHz 0.5-1.6 MHz / 75 / 49 / 31 / 25 / 19 m / 76-108 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   AM   CW   AM   W-FM  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? 7 tubes ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - - -
Modulations - - -
RF-output ? ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep
Impedance 50Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Mains 12V DC ?V DC
Current RX ? ? Max 40 mA
TX - - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1949 and 1951 in USA Between 194x and 194x in USA Between 1978 and 1982 in Japan
Dimensions 536 × 318 × 352 mm
(21.10 × 12.52 × 13.86 in)
342.9 × 254 × 254 mm
(13.50 × 10.00 × 10.00 in)
180 × 120 × 35 mm
(7.09 × 4.72 × 1.38 in)
Weight 25.00 kg (55.2 lbs) 13.61 kg (30.0 lbs) 640 gr (1.4 lbs) including batteries
Form factor Base Station Base Station Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN COLLINS-000051J-1 COLLINS-000051-Q SONY-ICF-007600